Seventeen competitors from the Dokan Karate Association returned from the WKA World championships in Malta with 21 gold medals, finishing fourth on the medal table. The squad arrived at the global competition in top form, having warmed up four days earlier at the Malta open where the club – which holds classes in Sunderland and South Tyneside – finished fifth in the face of opposition from over 50 other clubs despite just 15 members taking part. Dokan chief instructor Kevan Mitchinson, said: "We... Read this story
